Plant on notice after violating odor ordinanceThe city of Russellville’s code enforcement officer said Wednesday one local plant has been given a notice of violating the city’s odor ordinance since its passage last July, while the mayor added no property or business has been cited under the law. Premium Protein Products (PPP), or the old rendering plant, has drawn complaints from residents and business owners for over three decades. Last year, the Russellville City Council did something a...

A different drive-thru serviceCrew workers pour concrete Wednesday morning for one of the raised floors at the future Old Bank Bar & Grill in downtown Russellville. The crew under Keener Construction Company has completed almost all of the demolition work inside the building and are currently working with installing electrical and air components. Based on current projections, the establishment is expected to be completed mid-August.

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Gas prices fall nationwideAverage retail gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 4.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.52 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,826 gas outlets in Arkansas. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.74 per gallon. Including the change in gas prices in Arkansas during the past week, prices yesterday were 51.4 cents per gallon lower than the s...

Clinic serves patients up to age 21Russellville Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic, located at 220 North Sidney Avenue in Russellville, is owned by Dr. Neylon Pilkington and Dr. Robin Kirby. Dr. Pilkington has been working for 20 years in private practices. Dr. Kirby has been working for 16 years in private practices. Both doctors have worked in Russellville for their entire career. Both doctors are board certified pediatricians, trained at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and graduat...

Tyson Dardanelle receives award for safetyLITTLE ROCK — Leon Jones, Jr., Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor, announced that Tyson Dardanelle was the recipient of a Five Million Man Hour Safety Award. Eight hundred employees have accumulated 5 million work hours without a lost day away from work due to a work-related injury or illness between Oct. 23, 2012 and Jan. 9, 2016. The company has a safety program in effect and a safety committee made up of both employees and managem...

Indiana businesses praise drones to the skiesVINCENNES, Ind. — The hum of a small aircraft hovering just above the trees pierced the late-afternoon quiet on McDowell Road on Thursday afternoon. “Higher. Higher. Now down just a little bit,” Heath Klein, owner of Klein Realty and Auction, directed his son, Connor, the aircraft’s operator, as he, himself, focused on the camera’s viewfinder. “OK, go to the right, to the right a little more. Now get a little more blue sky in the background. “...

MARVA: More than a thrift storeFor over four decades, MARVA has served local businesses and members of the community while also providing jobs to developmentally disabled adults that would not be able to find other jobs. “The purpose of MARVA (Mid-Arkansas River Valley Abilities) is to provide meaningful work and services to adults with developmental disabilities,” MARVA office specialist Michael Sweeney said. “We are sometimes the only chance that those individuals will ha...

Johnson County could become wetPope County could be bordered on the east and west by wet counties if recent efforts by a Johnson County committee come to fruition. Keep Our Dollars in Johnson County is a campaign committee gathering signatures with the aim of giving citizens the opportunity to vote on whether or not they want the county to become wet. “I'm pretty neutral on this. There's lots of pros and cons, and I see both sides,” Clarksville Mayor Jon Mark Simpson said. ...

Local paint store has new name(Sponsored content) Chad Freyaldenhoven has witnessed many changes in the paint and coatings business since his family’s purchase of a local paint store in 1986. Changing color trends, more durable paints with easier application, new roller cover fabrics and brush filaments and computerized sales software only begin to scratch the surface. But the biggest change has occurred in the last month: their new name. Introducing Frey Paints and Coatin...

JPs mull 3 percent employee pay raiseThe Pope County Quorum Court’s Budget Committee has been asked by Judge Jim Ed Gibson to consider a 3 percent salary increase for employees when it convenes at 5 p.m. today. The Budget Committee meeting is one of three meetings today. The Personnel Committee will convene at 4:30 p.m., then the full Quorum Court will meet at 5:30. Treasurer Donna Wall told the Budget Committee during its first meeting of 2016 that gross sales tax receipts for t...

Atkins RC will host ACH rodeoATKINS — The Atkins Riding Club (ARC) agreed during its monthly meeting Tuesday night to host the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Rodeo this year in addition to several more events so there isn’t any financial issues at the end of 2016. President Billy Harris Jr. said members overwhelmingly voted 46-8 to host the ACH Rodeo on Saturday, July 2. The Riding Arena will also host the annual Picklefest Rodeo on May 20-21, as well as Mercy Tree Mi...

Ribbon cutting for Focus FitnessFocus Fitness celebrated their chamber membership with a ribbon cutting recently. It is open 24-7 at 2725 East Parkway Drive, Suite 5 and can be reached at 479-219-5100.

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Geology students to benefit from $240,250 grantGeology students at Arkansas Tech University will have access to IHS Petra software thanks to a $240,250 donation from Colorado-based IHS Inc., a leading global source of information and insight. Petra is an integrated solution for data management, manipulation, visualization and integration of geological, geophysical and engineering data. Users can visualize results using mapping, cross-sections, seismic interpretations, log plots, cross-plot...

Russellville High School Career DayRussellville High School (RHS) seniors were visited by over 30 local volunteer speakers from a diverse range of professions when the school hosted its annual RHS Career Day on Thursday. The seniors were visited by local physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, police officers, laboratory researchers, veterinarians, florists, decorators, journalists, photographers, engineers, psychologists, IT personnel, Realtors, cosmeto...

Moore appointed Commissioner to Arkansas Real Estate CommissionTony Moore, Principal Broker of Moore and company Realtors in Russellville, was appointed by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson as Commissioner to the Arkansas Real Estate Commission. Moore was sworn in by Honorable Judge Gordon W. McCain on Jan. 6, at the Pope County Court House in Russellville. The Arkansas Real Estate Commission was founded in 1929, and currently licenses over 11,000 active and inactive agents. Commissioner Moore is one of fi...